Gen. Pace leaves Stars at Wall?

[jinelson]

A buddy forwarded this to me this AM. I was wondering first, if anyone else had seen the story? And second, if anyone had seen the story verified?

Jim


I wanted to share with you what we saw in Washington DC last week. We toured the Mall and made the usual stops at the WWII Memorial, the Wall, Lincoln Memorial, etc.

At the Vietnam Wall we saw something unbelievable. We noticed three small index cards at the base of the Wall.


http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x157/usmc3537/360130.jpg

I knelt down for a closer look and noticed that a 4-star general's rank was pinned to each card.


http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x157/usmc3537/360128.jpg

The cards were personally addressed and said something like:

These are Yours - not mine!
With Love and Respect,
Your Platoon Leader,
Pete Pace
1 Oct 2007

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs had laid down his rank for his boys who died in Nam. Oct 1 was the day he stepped down as Chairman.

http://redstate.com/blogs/mbecker908/2007/oct/15/a_better_man_has_never_served

[davblay]

Jim it wouldn't surprise me about General Pace! He is a hell of a Marine! May his STARS shine forever in the minds and hearts of his men! Ooo-Rah! :usmc:

[bigdog43701]

Jim...started a thread last week where i put in a thread for the CNN video covering this. i beleive it is in the open forums now..i'll bump it back here.

[yellowwing]

A hell of a man. Semper Fi General.

[Scottyva]

OOHH RAHHH General Pace Outstanding Job Sir!!

[greensideout]

Thanks bigdog43701 for the link.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2007/10/13/starr.pace.vietnam.wall.notes.cnn

[kenneth kray]

Semper fi General pace